Opening a Remote Desktop from an Alert

You can open a remote desktop to the Windows system to which an alert applies. This facility is only available if

To open a remote desktop from an alert

  1. In the alerts pane, right-click the alert for which you want to open a remote desktop.

    A shortcut menu appears.

  2. Point to Remote Desktop and then click the desired system from the additional menu that appears.

    A remote desktop to that system opens.

Alternatively, you can open a Remote Desktop using the Tools menu in the Alerts window or the Applications menu in the main Operations Sentinel Console window.

Once a remote desktop is opened, the full capabilities of the remote desktop product configured for the Windows system are immediately available to you.

Each time you launch a remote desktop, Operations Sentinel writes a message to the SP-EXTAPP log. This message includes the system name, the time you opened the session, your Windows login, and the process id (pid) of Operations Sentinel Console.